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Events Of 1971
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January 12th - The landmark television sitcom All In The Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS.
February 4 - In Britain, Rolls-Royce goes bankrupt and is nationalised.
February 11 - The US, UK, USSR and others sign the Seabed Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.
Febraury 20 - Fifty tornadoes rage in Mississippi, killing 74.
February 28 - Evel Knievel sets world record and jumps 19 cars.
March 8 - Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden.
March 12-March 13 - The Allman Brothers Band plays their legendary concert at the Fillmore East.
April 9 - Charles Manson is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California Death Row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment.
April 24 - Five hundred thousand people in Washington, DC and 125,000 in San Francisco march in protest against the Vietnam War.
May 3 - Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington, D.C.; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released.
May 22 - An earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingöl, Turkey - more than 1,000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless.
June 27 - Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968.
July 3 - Jim Morrison died in Paris, France at the age of 27.
July 5 - Right to vote: The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution, formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.
July 19 - The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world.
August 18 - Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
September 9 - September 13 - Attica Prison riots: - A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in Attica, New York. In the end, state police and the United States National Guard storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages.
October 1 - Walt Disney World opens in Florida.
October 18 - In New York City, the Knapp Commission begins public hearings on police corruption.
October 31 - A bomb explodes at the top of the Post Office Tower in London.
November 15 - Intel releases the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
December 25- In the longest game in NFL history, the Miami Dolphins beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
